DataSphere Extends VMware VSAN Benefits to File-Based Workloads

Looking to simplify storage, save time and budget? You’re
not alone. As storage complexity and costs rise along with demand, many
enterprises are turning to hyperconverged solutions to streamline storage
operations and performance. Primary Data can help enterprises achieve the goal
of reducing infrastructure through our software-defined DataSphere platform.

Primary Data recently announced that our DataSphere software
platform enables organizations to use VMware VSAN to support file workloads to
further reduce capital costs, as customers using VSAN and DataSphere together
no longer need to buy a separate NAS solution for file-based workloads. In
addition, DataSphere can take full advantage of large scale ESX/VSAN
implementations to deliver a differentiated scale-out NAS implementation for
large data sets.

With DataSphere and VSAN, enterprises can now simplify
storage across even more workloads.

DataSphere Delivers a Scale-Out File Storage Solution for VSAN

The diagram below illustrates how the combined DataSphere
and VSAN solution works:

Figure 1. DataSphere enables organizations
to use VMware VSAN to support file workloads.

DataSphere provides NFS v3, v4 and SMB 2.1/3 file access to VSAN
storage devices. This enables customers to use VSAN capacity to provide file
access for applications that don’t speak block, or where the application data
is stored in a shared environment. DataSphere can scale to any number of DSX
nodes in a VSAN environment, enabling customers to deploy applications with a
wide-spectrum of performance needs.

Automated, non-disruptive data orchestration across all
storage devices ensures VSAN capacity is used for files that need it. DataSphere
can automatically archive cold data to cloud/object storage, such as Amazon S3
or other compatible S3 storage devices.

VMware VSAN and DataSphere are Key Components of the SDDC

DataSphere seamlessly provides scale-out file services with
VMware VSAN. The combined solution can help organizations to achieve the cost
saving and manageability benefits of the Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) for
both block- and file-based workloads. We’re proud to help VMware customers get
even more value out of their investments in VMware VSAN with DataSphere. If
you’d like to learn more about how DataSphere operates, check out our product
page for more details on data virtualization and data orchestration, or contact
us at deepdive@primarydata.com.